Workers said they did not feel the six percent increase in the country’s Gross Domestic Product for third quarter, citing pressures on wages like contractual scheme and consumer prices, the progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno said on Friday.
Davao City Mayor withdrew his certificate of candidacy for mayor while a representative filed for his COC for president Friday.
The Davao City Aids Council (DCAC) said there are already nine deaths out of the 1,295 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in Davao City since 1984 until July this year.
Some 400 indigenous peoples from Southern Mindanao Region came back on Tuesday from the month-long human rights caravan Manilakbayan, but the Lumads were dismayed saying the government did not listen to their pleas.
Bro. Armin Luistro, secretary of the Department of Education is yet to receive a copy of the administrative case filed by indigenous people students and teachers along with their support groups.